Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1860 - 568 páginas |
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... poet , must first become a little child . He must take to pieces the whole web of his mind . He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has perhaps constituted hitherto his chief title of superiority . His very talents will be a ...
... poet , must first become a little child . He must take to pieces the whole web of his mind . He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has perhaps constituted hitherto his chief title of superiority . His very talents will be a ...
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... poetry , as the flower- pots of a hot - house to the growth of oaks . That the author of the Paradise Lost should have written the Epistle to Manso , was truly wonderful . Never before were such marked originality and such exquisite ...
... poetry , as the flower- pots of a hot - house to the growth of oaks . That the author of the Paradise Lost should have written the Epistle to Manso , was truly wonderful . Never before were such marked originality and such exquisite ...
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... poetry . The expression in general means nothing ; but , applied to the writings of Milton , it is most appropriate . His poetry acts like an incantation . Its merit lies less in its obvious mean- ing than in its occult power . There ...
... poetry . The expression in general means nothing ; but , applied to the writings of Milton , it is most appropriate . His poetry acts like an incantation . Its merit lies less in its obvious mean- ing than in its occult power . There ...
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... poet to abandon himself , without reserve , to his own emotions . Between these hostile elements many great men have ... poetry , we shall admit that it has never been surpassed in energy and magnificence . Sophocles made the Greek drama ...
... poet to abandon himself , without reserve , to his own emotions . Between these hostile elements many great men have ... poetry , we shall admit that it has never been surpassed in energy and magnificence . Sophocles made the Greek drama ...
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... poet , " sometimes reminds us of the beautiful Queen of Fairy - land kissing the long ears of Bottom . At all events , there ... poetry , con- secrated by so many lofty and endearing recollections . The faults , moreover , of his Italian ...
... poet , " sometimes reminds us of the beautiful Queen of Fairy - land kissing the long ears of Bottom . At all events , there ... poetry , con- secrated by so many lofty and endearing recollections . The faults , moreover , of his Italian ...
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